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1938 New York Yankees

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937 / 1939

99-53, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe McCarthy (99-53)
Scored 966 runs, Allowed 710 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 97-55

Ballparks: Yankee Stadium I · Attendance: 970,916 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 95 · one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 102

Postseason:  Won World Series (4-0) over Chicago Cubs

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1937 / 1939 Batting Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Bill Dickey* 31 132 532 454 84 142 27 4 27 115 3 0 75 22 .313 .412 .568 .981 143 258 2 1
2 1B Lou Gehrig* 35 157 689 576 115 170 32 6 29 114 6 1 107 75 .295 .410 .523 .932 132 301 5 1
3 2B Joe Gordon 23 127 520 458 83 117 24 7 25 97 11 3 56 72 .255 .340 .502 .843 108 230 3 3
4 SS Frankie Crosetti 27 157 757 631 113 166 35 3 9 55 27 12 106 97 .263 .382 .371 .752 89 234 15 5
5 3B Red Rolfe* 29 151 714 631 132 196 36 8 10 80 13 1 74 44 .311 .386 .441 .826 106 278 3 6
6 OF Joe DiMaggio 23 145 660 599 129 194 32 13 32 140 6 1 59 21 .324 .386 .581 .967 139 348 2 0
7 OF George Selkirk* 30 99 407 335 58 85 12 5 10 62 9 4 68 52 .254 .384 .409 .793 99 137 3 1
8 OF Tommy Henrich* 25 131 575 471 109 127 24 7 22 91 6 2 92 32 .270 .391 .490 .882 119 231 2 10
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 OF Myril Hoag 30 85 298 267 28 74 14 3 0 48 4 3 25 31 .277 .344 .352 .696 75 94 2 4
10 OF Jake Powell 29 45 183 164 27 42 12 1 2 20 3 1 15 20 .256 .326 .378 .704 76 62 2 2
11 2B Bill Knickerbocker 26 46 143 128 15 32 8 3 1 21 0 0 11 10 .250 .309 .383 .692 72 49 0 4
12 C Joe Glenn 29 41 133 123 10 32 7 2 0 25 1 0 10 14 .260 .316 .350 .665 66 43 0 0
13 CI Babe Dahlgren 26 27 44 43 8 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .186 .205 .209 .414 4 9 0 0
14 C Arndt Jorgens 33 9 21 17 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 .235 .350 .353 .703 76 6 0 1
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
15 P Red Ruffing 33 45 125 107 12 24 4 1 3 17 0 0 17 21 .224 .331 .364 .695 74 39 0 1
16 P Lefty Gomez* 29 32 99 86 5 13 2 0 0 7 0 0 4 18 .151 .189 .174 .363 -8 15 0 9
17 P Monte Pearson 29 28 86 76 8 13 4 0 0 6 1 0 7 7 .171 .241 .224 .465 17 17 0 3
18 P Spud Chandler 30 23 73 69 10 14 1 0 3 4 0 0 1 23 .203 .214 .348 .562 39 24 0 3
19 P Bump Hadley 33 29 68 54 3 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 11 15 .093 .246 .093 .339 -12 5 0 3
20 P Steve Sundra 28 25 38 33 4 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 12 .182 .250 .303 .553 38 10 0 2
21 P Johnny Murphy 29 32 35 32 4 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 13 .063 .091 .094 .185 -54 3 0 2
22 P Joe Beggs 27 14 21 20 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .250 .286 .300 .586 47 6 0 0
23 P Ivy Andrews 31 19 13 12 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .167 .231 .167 .397 1 2 0 0
24 P Wes Ferrell 30 5 13 12 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .167 .231 .250 .481 20 3 0 0
25 P Atley Donald* 27 2 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -16 1 0 0
26 P Joe Vance 32 4 4 4 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.250 2.000 392 5 0 0
27 P Lee Stine 24 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 151 1 0 0
28 P Kemp Wicker 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.3 157 6259 5410 966 1480 283 63 174 918 91 28 749 617 .274 .366 .446 .812 102 2411 39 61
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 1 5 3 3 1 1 8 1 1 6 2 1 1 1 1 1
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Ivy Andrews 31 13 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ Purchased 1
Joe Beggs 27 21 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
Spud Chandler 30 73 -8 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ 1
Frankie Crosetti 27 757 -4 1 0 0 8 10 21 36 3.6 28 2.7 0.9 $ Traded *6
Babe Dahlgren 26 44 -7 1 0 0 -2 0 1 -7 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ Purchased /53
Bill Dickey* 31 532 35 -1 0 0 0 4 18 56 5.3 56 5.4 -0.1 $ Purchased *2
Joe DiMaggio 23 660 38 4 0 0 2 -2 19 61 5.8 59 5.6 0.2 $25,000 Traded *8O
Atley Donald* 27 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Wes Ferrell 30 13 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ Free Agency /1
Lou Gehrig* 35 689 34 1 0 0 -2 -7 21 47 4.4 49 4.7 -0.3 $39,000 Free Agency *3
Joe Glenn 29 133 -6 0 0 0 -1 1 4 -2 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 2
Lefty Gomez* 29 99 -16 0 0 0 0 8 3 -5 -0.4 -5 -0.5 0.1 $ Purchased 1
Joe Gordon 23 520 3 2 0 0 9 4 17 35 3.5 26 2.5 1.0 $ Amateur Free Agent *4
Bump Hadley 33 68 -10 0 0 0 0 6 2 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ Traded 1
Tommy Henrich* 25 575 19 3 0 0 4 -6 18 38 3.6 34 3.3 0.3 $ Free Agency *O9
Myril Hoag 30 298 -9 -1 0 0 0 -3 10 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ O798
Arndt Jorgens 33 21 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased /2
Bill Knickerbocker 26 143 -6 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 4/6
Johnny Murphy 29 35 -9 1 0 0 0 3 1 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $ Traded 1
Monte Pearson 29 86 -10 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ Traded 1
Jake Powell 29 183 -6 1 0 0 0 -2 6 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded O7/98
Red Rolfe* 29 714 12 6 0 0 3 3 20 44 4.3 41 3.9 0.4 $ *5
Red Ruffing 33 125 -5 0 0 0 0 9 4 8 0.9 8 0.8 0.1 $ Traded 1
George Selkirk* 30 407 2 0 0 0 0 -4 13 11 1.1 11 1.1 0.0 $ O7/9
Lee Stine 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Steve Sundra 28 38 -4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ Traded 1
Joe Vance 32 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ /1
Team Total 28.3 6259 37 18 0 0 21 45 191 312 31.2 291 27.9 3.3 $64,000
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Ivy Andrews 31 13 10 0 0.0 118 .182 .167 .290 .231 .369 .167 .432 .397 .801 1 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .300 .083 .000 1
Joe Beggs 27 21 15 2 3.5 118 .294 .250 .290 .286 .369 .300 .432 .586 .801 47 .322 -1.7 -0.2 .467 .100 .050 1
Spud Chandler 30 73 58 5 2.3 118 .256 .203 .290 .214 .369 .348 .432 .562 .801 39 .176 -7.3 -0.7 .455 .159 .145 .0 1
Frankie Crosetti 27 757 482 88 4.8 118 .299 .263 .290 .382 .369 .371 .432 .752 .801 89 .457 -5.8 -0.5 .776 .300 .108 13.5 *6
Babe Dahlgren 26 44 35 2 1.5 118 .222 .186 .290 .205 .369 .209 .432 .414 .801 4 .091 -6.6 -0.6 .286 .047 .023 /53
Bill Dickey* 31 532 313 107 9.0 118 .284 .313 .290 .412 .369 .568 .432 .981 .801 143 .727 31.0 2.8 1.083 .427 .256 5.4 *2
Joe DiMaggio 23 660 406 135 8.7 118 .297 .324 .290 .386 .369 .581 .432 .967 .801 139 .716 32.3 2.9 1.020 .364 .257 10.1 *8O
Atley Donald* 27 6 5 0 0.0 118 .167 .167 .290 .167 .369 .167 .432 .333 .801 -16 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .200 .000 .000 /1
Wes Ferrell 30 13 10 1 2.6 118 .250 .167 .290 .231 .369 .250 .432 .481 .801 20 .219 -1.5 -0.1 .400 .167 .083 /1
Lou Gehrig* 35 689 408 123 7.9 118 .299 .295 .290 .410 .369 .523 .432 .932 .801 132 .679 30.9 2.8 1.027 .422 .227 9.9 *3
Joe Glenn 29 133 91 14 4.0 118 .294 .260 .290 .316 .369 .350 .432 .665 .801 66 .382 -6.7 -0.6 .593 .179 .089 .0 2
Lefty Gomez* 29 99 82 3 1.0 118 .191 .151 .290 .189 .369 .174 .432 .363 .801 -8 .042 -14.9 -1.4 .260 .070 .023 1
Joe Gordon 23 520 347 78 5.9 118 .255 .255 .290 .340 .369 .502 .432 .843 .801 108 .552 2.8 0.3 .863 .386 .247 15.3 *4
Bump Hadley 33 68 52 1 0.5 118 .128 .093 .290 .246 .369 .093 .432 .339 .801 -12 .014 -9.5 -0.9 .327 .204 .000 1
Tommy Henrich* 25 575 356 90 6.6 118 .252 .270 .290 .391 .369 .490 .432 .882 .801 119 .605 15.3 1.4 .951 .425 .221 9.4 *O9
Myril Hoag 30 298 200 32 4.2 118 .314 .277 .290 .344 .369 .352 .432 .696 .801 75 .399 -10.4 -1.0 .622 .172 .075 .0 O798
Arndt Jorgens 33 21 14 2 3.8 118 .286 .235 .290 .350 .369 .353 .432 .703 .801 76 .350 -0.5 -0.0 .692 .294 .118 /2
Bill Knickerbocker 26 143 100 15 3.9 118 .265 .250 .290 .309 .369 .383 .432 .692 .801 72 .370 -6.1 -0.6 .625 .219 .133 .0 4/6
Johnny Murphy 29 35 32 0 0.0 118 .105 .063 .290 .091 .369 .094 .432 .185 .801 -54 .000 -7.8 -0.7 .167 .094 .031 .0 1
Monte Pearson 29 86 66 4 1.6 118 .188 .171 .290 .241 .369 .224 .432 .465 .801 17 .100 -10.0 -0.9 .397 .158 .053 .0 1
Jake Powell 29 183 125 20 4.2 118 .282 .256 .290 .326 .369 .378 .432 .704 .801 76 .399 -6.3 -0.6 .659 .226 .122 2.4 O7/98
Red Rolfe* 29 714 442 109 6.5 118 .322 .311 .290 .386 .369 .441 .432 .826 .801 106 .593 7.3 0.7 .842 .266 .130 11.3 *5
Red Ruffing 33 125 84 13 4.1 118 .253 .224 .290 .331 .369 .364 .432 .695 .801 74 .384 -4.5 -0.4 .675 .299 .140 .0 1
George Selkirk* 30 407 255 52 5.4 118 .275 .254 .290 .384 .369 .409 .432 .793 .801 99 .508 0.9 0.1 .839 .373 .155 9.5 O7/9
Lee Stine 24 2 1 1 26.3 118 .500 .500 .290 .500 .369 .500 .432 1.000 .802 151 .950 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000 /1
Steve Sundra 28 38 29 3 2.7 118 .250 .182 .290 .250 .369 .303 .432 .553 .801 38 .230 -3.4 -0.3 .481 .212 .121 .0 1
Joe Vance 32 4 1 4 105.2 118 .750 .750 .290 .750 .369 1.250 .432 2.000 .802 392 .996 1.8 0.2 5.000 .500 .500 /1
Kemp Wicker 31 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
League Average 5.4 118 .296 .281 .290 .357 .369 .414 .432 .771 .801 93 .507 .740 .253 .133
Team Total 28.3 6259 4019 904 5.9 118 .283 .274 .290 .366 .369 .446 .432 .812 .801 102 .553 16.6 1.3 .824 .322 .172 119.5
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Ivy Andrews 31 20 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .071 .000 .071 0 19 19
Joe Beggs 27 15 21 20 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 .200 .238 .250 .488 1 14 14
Spud Chandler 30 24 72 71 8 13 1 0 3 3 0 1 24 .183 .194 .324 .518 4 23 23
Frankie Crosetti 27 166 762 648 98 156 33 3 8 48 25 100 103 .241 .354 .338 .692 75 157 157
Babe Dahlgren 26 29 47 46 9 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 7 .196 .213 .217 .430 2 27 27
Bill Dickey* 31 140 535 463 73 133 25 4 25 100 3 70 23 .287 .383 .521 .904 92 132 132
Joe DiMaggio 23 154 668 611 112 182 30 12 30 122 6 55 22 .298 .358 .534 .891 116 145 145
Atley Donald* 27 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Wes Ferrell 30 33 78 63 6 12 3 0 1 6 0 15 12 .190 .346 .286 .632 6 31 31
Lou Gehrig* 35 166 696 590 101 160 30 6 27 100 6 101 79 .271 .382 .480 .862 107 157 157
Joe Glenn 29 43 135 126 9 30 7 2 0 21 1 9 15 .238 .289 .325 .614 12 41 41
Lefty Gomez* 29 34 91 88 4 11 2 0 0 5 0 3 19 .125 .154 .148 .302 2 32 32
Joe Gordon 23 134 528 472 73 111 23 7 24 85 10 53 76 .235 .316 .466 .782 68 127 127
Bump Hadley 33 31 68 57 3 5 0 0 0 3 0 11 16 .088 .235 .088 .323 1 29 29
Tommy Henrich* 25 139 571 483 95 119 22 7 21 79 6 86 34 .246 .363 .451 .814 78 131 131
Myril Hoag 30 90 298 273 24 69 13 3 0 41 4 23 33 .253 .315 .322 .638 28 85 85
Arndt Jorgens 33 10 21 18 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 3 .222 .333 .333 .667 2 9 9
Bill Knickerbocker 26 49 142 132 13 30 8 3 1 18 0 10 11 .227 .282 .356 .638 13 46 46
Johnny Murphy 29 34 35 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14 .000 .029 .000 .029 0 32 32
Monte Pearson 29 30 85 79 6 12 4 0 0 5 1 6 7 .152 .212 .203 .414 3 28 28
Jake Powell 29 48 184 168 23 39 11 1 2 17 3 14 21 .232 .299 .345 .644 17 45 45
Red Rolfe* 29 160 719 646 116 185 34 8 9 70 12 70 47 .286 .359 .406 .764 93 151 151
Red Ruffing 33 48 127 111 11 23 4 1 3 15 0 16 22 .207 .307 .342 .649 12 45 45
George Selkirk* 30 105 412 345 51 80 11 5 9 54 8 64 55 .232 .357 .371 .728 46 99 99
Lee Stine 24 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4 4
Steve Sundra 28 26 38 35 3 6 1 0 1 2 0 3 13 .171 .237 .286 .523 2 25 25
Joe Vance 32 4 4 4 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.250 2.000 3 4 4
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Ivy Andrews 31 8 354 253 354 319 26 59 9 0 0 29 0 0 18 62 .185 .228 .213 .442 13 68 0 17
Joe Beggs 27 1 21 14 21 20 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .250 .286 .300 .586 47 6 0 0
Spud Chandler 30 2 109 35 109 99 12 18 1 0 3 10 0 1 2 30 .182 .198 .283 .481 19 28 0 8
Frankie Crosetti 27 7 4175 934 4175 3582 629 926 178 45 68 416 73 36 490 461 .259 .356 .390 .747 92 1398 55 48
Babe Dahlgren 26 4 706 193 706 626 91 162 31 8 10 71 8 6 64 75 .259 .330 .382 .712 78 239 3 13
Bill Dickey* 31 11 4939 1225 4939 4456 685 1434 255 60 154 899 25 24 422 168 .322 .383 .510 .893 130 2271 20 41
Joe DiMaggio 23 3 2020 434 2020 1857 412 615 111 43 107 432 13 1 147 97 .331 .384 .610 .994 145 1133 11 5
Atley Donald* 27 1 6 2 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -16 1 0 0
Wes Ferrell 30 12 1330 539 1330 1162 173 326 56 12 37 205 2 0 128 180 .281 .352 .445 .797 100 517 0 40
Lou Gehrig* 35 16 9627 2156 9627 7973 1886 2717 534 163 493 1994 102 100 1503 789 .341 .448 .634 1.082 179 5056 45 106
Joe Glenn 29 6 435 138 435 385 45 97 20 4 1 56 2 1 45 44 .252 .333 .332 .666 69 128 2 3
Lefty Gomez* 29 9 831 296 831 729 47 108 8 0 0 46 1 1 41 204 .148 .196 .159 .355 -7 116 2 59
Joe Gordon 23 1 520 127 520 458 83 117 24 7 25 97 11 3 56 72 .255 .340 .502 .843 108 230 3 3
Bump Hadley 33 13 1009 449 1009 881 74 172 24 4 0 71 2 1 80 161 .195 .263 .232 .495 28 204 1 47
Tommy Henrich* 25 2 817 198 817 677 148 193 38 12 30 133 10 2 127 49 .285 .400 .510 .909 126 345 2 11
Myril Hoag 30 7 1360 471 1360 1228 181 349 61 18 11 185 17 17 106 141 .284 .345 .390 .735 87 479 8 18
Arndt Jorgens 33 10 835 304 835 738 78 176 31 5 4 89 3 5 85 73 .238 .317 .310 .627 65 229 0 12
Bill Knickerbocker 26 6 2871 680 2871 2649 328 754 154 24 19 309 17 38 160 173 .285 .326 .382 .709 78 1013 3 59
Johnny Murphy 29 6 238 180 238 207 23 36 11 0 0 18 1 0 18 68 .174 .243 .227 .470 22 47 1 12
Monte Pearson 29 7 475 179 475 422 47 96 20 0 2 53 2 0 31 44 .227 .280 .289 .569 45 122 0 22
Jake Powell 29 6 1826 433 1826 1657 278 481 86 22 19 242 52 25 132 147 .290 .346 .403 .749 90 668 10 27
Red Rolfe* 29 6 3115 679 3115 2765 553 828 155 44 29 297 29 9 315 190 .299 .373 .419 .791 101 1158 7 28
Red Ruffing 33 15 1587 694 1587 1470 162 410 80 11 30 202 0 1 76 195 .279 .317 .410 .726 88 602 5 36
George Selkirk* 30 5 2025 488 2025 1751 287 529 89 32 62 369 33 21 255 189 .302 .394 .496 .890 126 868 10 9
Lee Stine 24 4 37 49 37 30 4 9 2 0 0 4 0 0 5 6 .300 .400 .367 .767 112 11 1 0 2
Steve Sundra 28 2 39 26 39 34 4 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 12 .176 .243 .294 .537 34 10 0 2
Joe Vance 32 3 20 16 20 20 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .250 .250 .350 .600 51 7 0 0
Kemp Wicker 31 3 44 24 44 42 4 5 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 7 .119 .140 .143 .282 -29 6 0 1
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

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